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TRANSITION WORDS

Transitions enhance logical organization and understandability and improve the connections between thoughts. They indicate relations,whether within a sentence or a paragraph. Using transitional words and phrases helps writing read more smoothly, and at the same time allows the reader to flow from one point to the next.

What are transitions and how are they used?

transitions are phrases or words used to connect one idea to the next

transitions are used by the author to help the reader progress from one significant idea to the next

transitions also show the relationship within a paragraph (or within a sentence) between the main idea and the support the author gives for those ideas

different transitions do different things….

Transitions may be “Additive,” “Adversative,” “Causal,” or “Sequential.”

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Author Bio

A. L. Gengler creates poetry and writes short stories under the byline Mark Brandon Allen. He began writing Science Fiction and Fantasy purely for the amusement of his friends, children and grandchildren. His extended family includes eight children, eleven grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one vicious three pound Yorkshire terrier who holds both he and his wife hostage in Valparaiso, Indiana.